[Verse 1] They tied my hands With your old bedsheets Ash stains the lace Where your mouth used to meet me Crowd chanting curses I just mouth your name You in the shadows Pretending you’re afraid [Chorus] If I burn I burn for you Every spark spelling out the truth They call it sin What we did in that room But the only crime I carried Was loving you (only you) Yeah The only sin I ever had Was loving you [Verse 2] Torches like candles On a ruined cake Priest reads my sentence On your birthday They stack the branches Like our tangled legs You watch them light What you begged me to take [Chorus] If I burn I burn for you Every spark spelling out the truth They call it sin What we did in that room But the only crime I carried Was loving you (only you) Yeah The only sin I ever had Was loving you [Bridge] Smoke in my lungs Like your breath on my throat Tongue tastes of iron Like the words you never spoke They brand me wicked While you stay pure But I wear your secrets Under my scorched skin [Chorus] If I burn I burn for you Every spark spelling out the truth They call it sin What we did in that room But the only crime I carried Was loving you (only you, only you) Let the flames write on my bones My only sin was loving you
